Re: Anyone with Sirius RAM IIgs - please read...HELP!

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

	By the way -- I have a ROM 3 unit that was ROM 3 from the start.  (I
believe there were upgrades to take an earlier unit to ROM 3.)  There is
1.125 MB on the mobo.  

	...just to clarify!


bp

Blake Patterson wrote:
> 
>         I just received my 4MB Sirius RAM board from Alltech.  I noticed that,
> in rather broken English, among all the little poetic quips here and
> there printed on the red circuit board, is a statement that indicates
> something to the effect that for proper operation on a ROM 3 unit, you
> need to set the jumpers as though the board has a full 8MB on it--even
> if it does not.  This was the default configuration of the jumpers when
> I opened the box (set for 8MB even tho only 4MB is on the board).
> 
>         When I plugged it in, the ctrl panel found 8MB in the system.  I set a
> RAM disk and booted GSOS.  It did not show a RAM disk on the desktop.  I
> then booted up FTA's Space Harrier Demo requiring 1.25MB RAM, more than
> the default ROM 3 GS has (128K more).  It would not load--citing too
> little RAM.  So I went and ran the bundled BitBuster RAM test app on the
> Sirius floppy and it instantly told me bad memory.
> 
>         SO, I looked at the sheet that came with the board that shows jumper
> settings for just about all combinations of memory that the board can
> handle, and it makes no mention of this odd ROM 3 workaround--going from
> the sheet, you'd just set a 4MB board to the proper 4MB jumper settings.
>  So I did.  And booted.  And all seems fine.  The apps requirign more
> RAM work, ctrl panel sees 4MB on the card (little over 5MB total, of
> course), RAM disk shows up on the desktop, and the memory test program
> is still running--no instant death.
> 
>         So--I have a ROM 3 unit that is working set in a manner contrary to
> what is written, not so eloquently, on the side of the actual pcb.  Can
> anyone comment on this??  Should I worry about this or that??  Maybe
> this used to be an issue but is not due to new ROM or something on the
> card?
> 
>         ANY comments appreciated...  Thanks!
> 
> bp
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